Seattle-based actor Tom Skerritt and four castmembers from “In the Loop,” the evening’s featured film, posed for the cameras in Thursday’s bright afternoon sun.

That was about it.

Glassblower Dale Chihuly and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz walked the grounds, SIFF staff said, but not the red carpet. And despite the fact that they’re filming a movie here this summer, “The Details” stars James McAvoy or Elizabeth Banks did not, as rumored, make a surprise appearance.

Still, the small group carried plenty of charm.

“When people meet somebody famous and they’re not a jerk, they say, ‘Oh, what a cool person.’ But that’s because famous people are expected to be jerks,” said photographer Josh Trujillo. “But this group, they were just mixing with the crowd, walking around, having a good time.

“It was very low-key Seattle,” he added. “This wasn’t Los Angeles at all.”

The cast of “In the Loop,” the opening night film of the Seattle International Film Festival, take the stage at the SIFF opening gala. From left, SIFF artistic director Carl Spence, Mimi Kennedy, Zachary Woods, David Rasche and Anna Chlumsky on Thursday at the Paramount Theater. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com)